Abstract
The origin of a N-related recombination center (E1), at around 0.33 eV below the conduction band minimum (CBM) of chemical beam epitaxy (CBE) grown GaAsN, is discussed based on effect of H implantation and dependence of E1 density to As flow rate (TDMAAs). After H implantation, E1 disappears completely whereas two new defects are recorded. The first one (HP1) is a hole trap at around 0.11 eV above the valence band minimum, similar to a N-related hole trap in unintentionally doped p-type GaAsN grown by CBE and expected to be N–H–VGa. The second level (EP1) is an electron trap at around 0.41 eV from CBM, identical to EL5 native defect in GaAs and expected to be VGa–Asi or AsGa–VGa. The atomic structure of E1 is discussed from that of HP1 and EP1 and it is expected to be the split interstitial (N–As)As. This expectation is supported by the peaking behavior of E1 density with As source flow rate.